Setting up a new Mac

Whenever I get a new Mac, I start with a clean install and re-build and re-install everything from scratch. This is decidedly not the easiest path but it’s one that helps me think about what I need and also avoid the cruft accumulated from a year or two of use.

Here is the list of apps I install when setting up a new Mac. The latest of these was in August 2017 when the drive on my iMac died.